Local Sport

Waikato finish fifth in Roller Mills

St Peter’s School played host to 250 rugby players from around the North Island recently when the NRM Northern Roller Mills rugby tournament was held from October 6 – 13. The Waikato team, which included…

Massive medal haul from Nationals

A team of 27 swimmers from the St Peter’s Swim Club brought home fantastic results from the 2018 New Zealand Short Course Championships – so good that open division swimmers Paige Flynn and Vanessa Ouwerhand…

50 squash players battle for Calcutta Cup

Cambridge Racquets Club ran the second annual Calcutta Cup squash competition earlier this month. Ultimately it was Cambridge’s Gerard Whittaker who claimed the Calcutta Cup over Te Awamutu’s Wade Bell after a very a hard-fought…

Cyclists contest Oceania Champs

Five local cyclists competed in the Oceania Championships in Adelaide last week, with up-and-coming young cyclists Mya Anderson, Reuben Webster and Patrick Clancy joining Rushlee Buchanan and Ellesse Andrews on the 40-strong New Zealand squad….

Riders will be tested

By Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Riders will need a good dirt bike, insane riding skills and a fair amount of luck at the third annual running of the Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro competition this Labour Weekend….

St Peter’s crowned national champs

St Peter’s School has won the ‘AA’ Schick National Secondary School Basketball Championships for the third time in four years. The Premier Girls’ basketball team won the CA Clark Trophy, beating Hutt Valley 92 –…

Junior golfers face off

Cambridge hosted teams from around the country recently when the local golf club became the centre of the National Junior Boys Inter-Provincial golf tournament over October 1 – 5. Waikato Golf Chief Executive and tournament…

Stakes double for Cambridge conditioners

The powerful and local Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable completed a stakes double for the day on Saturday when Nicoletta took out the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera. Just…

Up-and-comers attend football camp

More than 100 young footballers have completed a four-day player development camp in Cambridge. The boys and girls, from all around the North Island, spent the course with the Ricki Herbert Football Academy at St…

In-form apprentice on a roll

Ashvin Goindasamy has swapped tailor-made miniature jockey’s colours for the real item and he’s now living a childhood dream. The Cambridge apprentice celebrated his best day in the saddle on Saturday when he kicked home…

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